Test Your Travel Vocab

The world is-a-changing and it seems as though our vocabulary is trying desperately to catch up. Over the past few weeks, I've been exposed to some interesting new travel terms and thought I'd share my new found knowledge:

Bragabonding: boasting about travel
He couldn't stop bragabonding about his BikeHike trip to Costa Rica last month.

Deflydrated: descriptive term for dried-up post-flight skin
I need moisturizer - the flight completely made me deflydrated.

Flashpacker: a backpacker who travels in style or with a larger budget than most backpackers
He's staying at a three star hotel; what a flashpacker.

Gastro-tourism: travel undertaken to experience the food and drink of a region
She took a tour of Italy to indulge in gastro-tourism and came back 10 pounds heavier.

Jetiquette: the hospitality / manners of flight and airport staff
My flight attendant had fabulous jetiquette.

Puddle-jumper: a small regional airline
I'm taking a puddle-jumper from Lima.

Shock Tourism: tourism to war zones
BikeHike does not promote shock tourism due to safety concerns.

Sluggage: luggage that comes out of the baggage claim last
I'm sorry I'm late! I had to wait for my sluggage.

What new travel terms have you learned? If you have an interesting new travel term, add it to this post as a comment. :)

Anny Chih